Tank car



Jun 7,1927.

' V. WILLOUGHBY TANK CAR Filed June 1,5, 1926 5 Sheets-Sheet l June7.1927. '1,631,304

` V. WLLOUGHBY TANK CAR Filed vJune l5, 1926 A3 Sheets-Sheet 2 June7,1927.

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v. wxLLoUGHBY TANK CAR 'Filed June 15, 1926 VII.

i R. y 1.... -f mi?? mm Patented June 7, 1927.

.UNITED sTA'l-'Es'i VICTOR WILLOUGHBY, OF RIDGEWOOD, NEW JERSEY,ASSXGNOR TO AMERICAN CAR .AND FOUNDRY COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N'. Y., ACORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

TANK CAB..

Application filed June 15,

' line 1-1 in Fig. 2;

- Fig. Q is a sectional view at right angles vto Fig. 1` taken-asindicated by the line Fig. 3 is a fragmentary plan view with tanks'ofthe upper tier broken away horizontally. as shown at the topof Fig. l;

Fig. -t is a fragmentary plan View with various parts in" horizontalsection, taken indi 'ated by the line 4-4 in Fig. l;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary plan and sectional view. similar to Fig. il.'showing the. securing means for the upper tanks retracted into inactiveposition so as to release the tanks;

' Fig. 6 is a fragmentary vertical section, similar to Fig. Q, but on alarger scale, showing the securing means for the upper tanks in thesaine position as in Fig. 5, the active position of the same beingindicated in dotted lines;

Fig. 7 shows a vertical section through a portion of the securing meansfor the lower tanks. taken as indicated by the line 7-7 in Fig. 1, buton a larger scale:

Fig. 8 is a side viewv of a like securing means. from the right of Fig.1 certain associated parts being broken away or in vertical section',andv others slightly modi lied: i

Fig. 9 is a viewsimilar to Fig. 7. illustrating a different form ofsecuring device:

Fig. 10 is afraginentarv side view ot' the lower portion of theI deviceshown in Fig. 9, from the le ftl of thatfigure:

Fig. 'll is a view similar to Fig. l. illustrating a construction inwhich the upper tanks are arranged directly over the lower tanks`instead of staggered in reference to them as in Fig. l:

Figs. l2 and l are fragmentary sectional views. taken as indicated b vthe. lines 12--12 and 13A-13 in Fig. -ll. but on a larger scale.`

As will be. perceived from the drawings, my invention is concerned withthe mount-l ing and securing of tanks on cars. including multiple unittank cars. and particularly ears whose tanks are arranged in a pluralityof tiers. It is an object of .the invention to hold the tanks securelyin place under any 1926. Serial No. l116,128.

and all conditions of railway service7 yet to permit of their beingremoved from the car easily and expeditiously when desired. It is alsoan object of the invention to provide a simple and rugged constructionfor such purposes. including features and devices whose utility is notlimited to multiple unit or multiple vtier ears.

ln Figs. l and Q, my invention is shown applied to a tank car comprisinglower and upper tiers of transverse tanks 13 and 14 carried by anunderframe of usual construction. This umlerframe comprises center sills16 and side sills 17 inter-connected by bolsters 18 and transoms 1S.Running boards lf) are shown at the side and the ends of the car.supported upon the lsills 1G, 17 and the holsters 18 and transoms 18. Onthe underframe are saddle members 2O and 2l of pressed sheet metal inthe form of plates curved and flanged at their upper and outer edges toconform to the tanks 13 and seat them securely. As shown in Figs. l, 2,and 4. these saddles are. secured (by rivets through their webs) to theinner sides of angle. bar members QQ. of the Car frame; which members 22are secured by rivets to the tops of the holsters 18. Pairs of oppositesaddles are braced and stayed by crosscounecting members 24. of channelsection. (Figs. 1-4.) Besides conforming to the tanks 13circmnferentially, the saddle Hanges are bent inward and curved toconform to the iucurved end flanges of the tanks.

As shown in Figs. 1,2. and 3, the lower tanks 13 are held in place inthe seats afforded b v the saddles 2O and 21 by securing means engagingtheir upper sides. and also serving to support and secure the uppertanks 14. 'lhe seeuringvmeans for this pm'- pose comprises a series offore and aft see- `tions in the form of' vokemembers l5 of pressed sheetmetal. suitably hollou'ed and curved to conform to the top sides of theround faults l'l, and also (like the saddles 20. and llieurved toconform to the. inculved tank end fiangcs. The yokes Q5 for oppositeends of' the tanks lil are interconnected by channel-like cross-members26 riveted to fianges 49 onysaid. yokes 25. the parts thus forming asubstantially rigid', unitarv retaining frame.

The yoke members are connected and secured to the car frame in theintervals between Atanks 13, and also at either end et able stays 31 atintervals along said members A 22. As shown in Fig. 1, the uprights 3()are securely braced to the longitudinal trame members 22 by rivetedattachment of their flanges to tianges on the saddles 20, as Well as byriveting to the upstanding iiangcs oif the members 22 themselves, andare provided with pivot ears 32 at their upper ends. rThe yokes 25likewise have pivot ears 33 at their ends. fit each side of the car, theyokes 25 are connected together and to the stays 31 by pivot pins 34,and the flexible articulated structure or. chain of the yokes 25 thusformed is secured at either end to the anchorage ears 32, by means ofpivot pins 35. At intervals between tanks 13, this iiexible securingchain is held down by the stays 31 attached to the yoke articulations,as alreadyy indicated.

As shown in Figs. 1, 2, 7 and 8, the adjustable stays 31 are ont'turn-buckle type, comprising a member 37 Whose oppositely threaded endswork in nuts 38 which are somewhat loosely sockcted in heads 39 thatengage at either 'side oi the yoke ears 33 and take the pivot pins 34,and in bosses 40 secured to the saddles 21 and the members 22. Lock nuts41 may be provided for holding the heads 39 fast on the turn-bucklemembers 37. As shown in Figs. 1, 7 and 8, the pivot pins 34 haveretaining lugs 42 on their ends Which may be brought into registry withthe notches 43 in the heads 39 and in the yoke ears 33 by turning thepins 90 degrees from their positions as shown. Preferably, the pivotpins 34 are secured against loss by chains 44 connected to lugs 45 onthe pins and to lugs 46 on t-he heads 39.

ln Fig. 8, thc outer end or web of the saddle 21A is shown jogglcdinward, and the shape of the boss 40B is correspondingly modified. rlhisallows the stays 31 to stand straighter and decreases their projectioninto the gangways along-thc running boards 19.

The stay construction illustrated in Figs. 9 and 10 differs from thatdescribed in the omission of the nuts 38: i. e. the opposite threadedends of the member 37 take directly into the-head 39A and the boss 40^.As shown, this stay is vertical inst-cad ot inclined (as in Figs. 2, 7,and 8,) and is secured on the upper corner of the saddle 21.

To afford seats for the upper tanks 14, thc upper sides of the yokes 25have a contor1nation similar to that ot' their lower sides (but concaveupward instead of downward)' to either side ot the yoke vcrests at 47.As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, these upper tank seats are ,formed inseparate parts 48 whose lower edges have stitl'ening flanges 49 that litand are secured to similar anges 49 on :heersers the upper edges ottheyoke portions that engage the top sides 'of the lower tanks 13. The endsor", the cross-members 26 extend and are riveted between these anges 49(Figs. l, 3 and 6'). The upper tanks 14 are held in their seats in theyoke parts l48 by single and double securing devices 50 and 5l, shown inFigs. 1, 3 and 6 as comprising hook-ended plates secured to the crestsot the supple'- niental yoke parts 48 by bolts 52. As will be seen fromFig. 1, each tank 14 is engaged by hooks 53 of devices 5G and/or 51 toeither side of the tank. Ais the devices 50 and 51 are alike except asregards the number of hooks 53, it will suffice to describe one ot thedevices 51. As shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6, the plate forming thedevice 51 is anged at 54 for strength and slotted at 55 to take the bolt52 and permit the device to be retracted from the active posi tionshovvn in Figs. 2 and 3, Where the upbent hooks 53 engage inside theinturned end flanges of the tanks 14, to the inactive, disengagedposition shown in Figs. 5 and 6, so as to release the tanks 14 at eitherside. As shown in Fig. 6, the inner end of the plate forming the device51 is joggled downward;

at 56, to afford a shoulder for engaging'inside the inner edge of themember 48 to lock the device 51 in active position.

The construction shown in Figs. 11 to 13 diiers from that of Figs. 1 to4 principally in 'that the ta'nks 14 of the upper tier are arrangedsubstantially directly over the tanks 13 or the lower tier, instead ofstaggered as already mentioned. Accordingly, the seat for each uppertank 14 is formed altogether in the supplemental upper part 48A of theyoke 25A for each corresponding lower tank 13, and these yoke parts havetheir mating edges straight instead of i1'- iegular, as in Fig. 1. Toafford a point of attachment for the securing devices 51 for the uppertanks, the breaks or divisions between the upper portions of the yokes25 are slightly oli" center. The crossconnection between the yokes 25A,25A at opposite sides of the car consists of a pair of angle bars 57, 57for each tank 13. As shown in Fig. 12, the securing devices 50 and 51for the upper tanks are mounted on separate brackets 53 ot suitablecharacter, riveted to thc outer sides of thev upper yoke meinbers 48.

In Figs. 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13, various parts and features are markedwith the same refe-rence characters as the corresponding ones in Figs. 18. as a means of dispensing With repetitive description.

ln service, the release of the clamps 50 and 51 trees the upper tanks 14for immediate remoral. Thereupon the stays 31 may be slackened slightly,and alternate pivot pins 34 withdrawn'so as to release one end of eachyoke 25 or 25Aand allow it to be swung out -posed connected unitar otthe way, as indicated in dotted lines in Figs, 1 and 11. It preferred,of course, all ot the pivot pins 34 may be withdrawn and all ot' theyokes 25 (except `the end ones) lifted off completely.

lVhat is claimed is:

1. A multipleunit tank car construction comprising a car frame with tankseats; op-

retaining frames for engaging the top si es of each tank adjacent eachend thereof; and means for securing said retaining frames to the cartrame. f

2. A multiple unit tank car construction comprising a car frame withhorizontal tankseats; unitary retaining frames comprising opposedcross-connected tank-engagingT yoke unembei's; and means for securingsaid re-` taining frames to the car frame. v

3. A multiple unit tank car construction comprising a car framewithrtank seats; uni- 'tary retaining` `trames comprising yoke meme ersformed to engage over the corners ot tanks in said seats at either endof such tanks and cross-connections between the yoke crests; and meansfor securing the yoke members to the car frame between theirtankengaging portions.

A ,multiple unit tank car construction comprising a car frame with tankseats and unitary retaining frames, for engaging the top sides of tanksin said seats, pivoted vto swing transversely of the tanks to releasethe tanks or to engage them.

5. A multiple unit tank car construction comprising a car frame, aseries of tanks thereon, rigid anchorages upstanding from said frame ateither end of the series, securing means extending along over the seriesbetween said anchorages, and stays connecting said securing means to theframe between tanks.

6. A multiple unit tank car construction comprising a car frame, aseries of tanks thereon, securing means over the tanks, and

tavs for holding said securingr means to the ear une comprising socketedheads pivoted to said securing means, socketedbosses on 'said structure,and turn-lmcklcs with .nuts

engaged in thcsockets of said heads and said bosses. A

i'. A multiple unit tank car construction comprising a car frame,superposcd tiers of tanks carried thereby, and means for securing thetanks of a lower tier also supporting and securing` those of the tierabovet S. A multipleunit tank car construction comlnising a car frame;superposed tiers ot tanks carried thereby; and a combined securing andsupporting structure for the lower and upper tanks ektending alongbetween the tiers and comprising a series of inter-connected sectionsseparable between adjacent lower tanks.

9. A multiple unit tank car construction Comprising a car frame;superposed tiers of tanks carried thereby; and a combined securing andsupporting structure for the lower and upper tanks extending alongbetween the tiers and comprising a series of `pivoted sections separablyintcr-conneeted between adjacent lower tanks.

10. A multiple unit tank car construction comprising a car frame;superposed tiers of tanks carried thereby; and a combined securing andsupporting structure for the lower and upper tanks extendingalongbetween the tiers and comprising -a series of sect-ions pivoted andseparably inter-connected between ladjacent lower tanks.

11. A multiple unit tank car construction comprising a car frame,superposed tiers of tanks carried thereby, and securing yokcs over thetanks of a lower tier affording con cave seats for' those of the tierabove.

12. A multiple unit tank car construction comprising a car frame,superposed tiers of tanks carried thereby, and securing yokes over thetanks ot a lower tier atl'ordingv seats for those of the tier above, andsecuring means for adjacent upper tanks mounted onthe yokes between thecorresponding upper tank seats.A

13. A multiple unit tank car construction comprising a structureaffording seats for a series of tanks ranged side by side, doublehook-ended clamps for engaging the end anges of adjacent tanks, andbolts for holding said clamps to said supporting structure between theadjacent tank seats.

14. A tank car construction comprising a structure attordimgy a tankseat, and securing means for the tank comprising a clamp'holt in saidstructure and a clamp on said bolt with a portion joggled downward toafford a shoulder for engaging said structure to hold y the clamp inactive position over the tank flange, and slotted around the bolt toallow the clamp to 'be retracted when the bolt is loosened.

15.In'a multiple unit tank car having tank seats and tanks therein.,means tor securing the tanks in said seats comprising series ofretainingr trames engaging theends ot the tanks. and means connectingsaid retaining frames in pairs whereby cach pair supports a tank. y

16. In a multiple unit (ank car haring tank seats and tanks therein.means for securing the tanks in said seats comprising series ot'connected retaining trames arranged in pairs. each pair engaging theends of antank, and means for securing each series'ot retaining tramesto a car trame.'`

means connecting opposed fio-unies, and ineens foi seem-ing each seriesof tank engaging iframes fw a, ce1' frame and to the 18. in e. multipleunit tank om: having tank seats and tanks therein, means for s2- curingthe tanks in,.'their seats comprising opposed series of etening frames,the frames of each series engaging one end ot the tanks, ineensconnecting opposed frames and ineens for securing the series of framesto e cui' freine and to the tanks.

19. n :i multiple unit; tank cai" having tank seats and tanks therein,means for securing the tanks in their seats comprising opposed series ofretainingr frames, each foi-med of a piui'ziiity of tank engaging unitswith the units of the opposed series arranged in pairs, eross-connectingmeans :for opposed ,Units of units, and ineens for securing each sei-iesof frames to a oar frame.

90. 1n a. multiple. unit tank ear having tank seats and tanks therein,Ineens for securing the tanks in their seats and for supportingsuperposed tanks comprising op- 'posed series of yet-aiming frames,eac-h( Leen-so@ 'formed of zi plurality of oppositeiy eiiengei?. tankengaging units adapted to seoue .e bottom row of tanks and to support nposed row of tanks, Ineens on units to secure the superposed row oftanks te their seat-s, cross-conneeting ineens oi` opposed units andIneens secured to s" ein: frame and engaging seid units for retainingthe bottom row of tanks in their seats.,

2l. ln a multiple unit tank Cei having tank supports and tanks therein,ineens toi securing the tanks in their seats enti foi supportingsuperposed tanks comprising op lits-ed sei'ies of retaining frames,eee-ii formed of oppositeiy arranged engaging units, said units being soformed as to engage the upper side of the lower tanks and to receive andsupport s portion of e, superposed tank, means connecting the opposedunits of the series in pairs and ineens connecting the units to a canframe foi te" taining the lower tanks in their seats.

in Witness whereof l have heiennto set my hand.,

VCTQR VVHJOUGHB

